INTERTWINED DESTINY

4. Memories

                  Sandy's p.o.v

I sat at the edge of the bed with my arms wrapped around my knees. My eyes were slightly sore from crying and I was covered in a silk robe.

The woman sat by my side looking at me in silence. I knew I had drowned, but I had no idea who pulled me out. Moreover, I no longer knew who I was, or I was going insane. The memories I had weren't only my own but someone else's.

I was trying to understand what was happening to me.

The doors to the room opened and general Paul quickly walked in.

"I'm sorry Beatrice, I came as soon as I could." He said.

"It's Sandy, she almost drowned in the Spring, luckily I was close by. I had to call out one of our servants to pull her out. She hasn't spoken a word for hours, all she's been doing is crying." The lady who by now, I knew that her name was Beatrice answered.

General Paul moved closer and stood in front of me with a low sigh.

"Hey Sandy, how are you feeling?" He asked softly.

I looked at him and shook my head.

"I don't know what's happening to me, I want to talk to my parents please." I sobbed.

"Dear calm down, if we knew who your parents are, we could have sent one of the servants to call for them." She whispered.

"What do you mean, you definitely know my parents. Martin Goldberg and Geniveve Gilbert." I answered on top of my voice then tensed when a memory of being drowned by some men flashed in my head.

I screamed loudly and fell on the ground trying to stop the ache that was badly affecting my head.

I could hear their words clearly as they drowned me in the river.

"You slut, let's see you escape now."

"No one will miss you even if you die Scarlet."

"Stop it!" I screamed in tears as I struggled to breathe.

A soft hand pressed on my back. I quickly glanced on my side and noticed that Beatrice was kneeling beside me rubbing my back.

"Sandy please calm down." She whispered with sadness in her eyes.

"I don't know who I am!" I sobbed on top of my voice.

I could feel it clearly that the one who was being drowned and told those hateful words was me.

I stood up and walked past general paul who stood looking at me in shock.

"Sandy where are you going?" Beatrice asked loudly.

I ignored her and walked out of the house.

 I didn't know where I was going, all I knew was that I needed to reach where ever that place was.

As I moved I looked around, a lot of people were looking at me. I noticed a few cottages on the sides of the dust road.

The women were dressed in nice medieval old dresses. And they were looking at me with bad looks.

"So shameful, she's nearly naked." One said loudly.

I held my robe tighter and ran ahead ignoring their stares.

I was about to look behind when I bumped into a hard chest.

I quickly looked up to apologize. When the man looked down on me, my knees gave out.

I fell to the ground and held in my breath. I didn't know how, but I knew the man very well. 

He looked at me in shock then smirked.

"So you ran away from home just to w***e yourself around. After all, what my family has done for you is this how you can repay us." The man asked loudly then leaned in and grabbed me by the hair.

I cried out in pain and tried to push his hand away.

"Do you know how upset I was when I was told that you had run away little Scarlet?" The man asked as memories of the woman whose body I was in came flashing again.

This time everything was clear as day. I saw how the man ( Micheal ) who was grabbing my hair had molested and hit her. He was the only son of the bad-hearted couple that had bought Scarlet from her parents. He made fun of her and mocked her badly. What's worse was that Scarlet couldn't do a thing. She kept quiet and let the bastard do as he pleased.

The man was selfish and only cared about himself. He treated everyone as trash.

I looked at my sides and noticed that a few people were gathering to see what was really going on.

The man noticed that too, he smiled like a gentleman and waved his hand to everyone.

"This here is my servan....."

"Help me, please. This man wants to r**e me." I screamed with fake tears as the man looked at me in shock.

"What, how could he do this to that innocent girl." A woman screamed.

"Shut your mouth or I will kill you, Scarlet." Michael warned angrily.

"Like I would dare asshole." I whispered then screamed even louder.

"What are you doing to that poor girl." Another man asked.

Micheal let go of my hair and stood up then cleared his throat.

I wasn't going to let him tell everyone that Scarlet was his servant. I stood up and stepped back.

"You seem to misunderstand everything, this here....."

"I'm general Paul's soon to be adopted daughter, this man has been molesting me for years, even way before general paul decided to adopt me. This man has been hitting and threatening me to never tell anyone!" I said on top of my voice.

Michael turned and slapped me in anger making me stumble and fall.

Two men ran to him and pinned him down.

"How dare you lay your hands on general Paul's soon to be adopted daughter. Do you want to die!" One of them men asked furiously as Micheal struggled to be set free.

"She's lying." Micheal yelled as everyone looked at me.

My heart was beating rapidly. I needed to find a way to prove that I wasn't lying.

"Sandy dear." Beatrice called from behind.

I turned and looked at her as she came out of the carriage and quickly walked towards me.

"Are you hurt?" She asked.

This was really my time to shine.

I broke down in tears and embraced her.

"Mother this man who is pinned down on the ground tried to r**e me." I sobbed.

"Lady Beatrice she's telling the truth, I saw this young man grab her robe and hair?" An elderly woman said as the rest of the crowd agreed.

"He even dared to hit her." Another said.

"Take him to my husband, he will know how to punish him." Beatrice ordered.

"Yes, lady Beatrice." The men answered and pulled Micheal from the ground, dragging him with them as they walked to general Paul's house.

"It's alright dear, you are now safe. Let's go back home and get some rest okay, I was worried when you took off running." She whispered.

I pulled back and nodded. I was finally now realizing and accepting the facts.

 For some reason, I was no longer in the present time. As hard as it was to believe, I was in the past and in another woman's body. Who was abused and just a mere servant.